In the News
Keep up to date with the latest news articles from around the world.
Articles represent the views of their authors and not ME/CFS SA. Always seek advice from a registered health practitioner before changing your care plan.
26 October, 2024
Brother Skips Wedding In Protest Of Fiancée’s Cruel Remarks About Wife’s Fibromyalgia; 'Trying For A Baby Is Selfish.' AITA?
"At a recent family event, my brother’s fiancée told my wife, in front of everyone, that it was 'selfish' for her to try for a baby given her fibromyalgia. She implied that raising a child with fibromyalgia would be a burden on me and suggested we should 'think about adoption instead.' My wife was mortified. She tried to brush it off in the moment, but I could see how much it hurt her. After we left, she broke down, saying she felt judged and humiliated."
26 October, 2024
Ignored, Blamed, And Sometimes Left To Die—A Leading Expert In ME Explains The Origins Of A Modern Medical 'Scandal'
An article by Chris Ponting in The Conversation.
25 October, 2024
Understanding And Supporting Invisible Disabilities, Including Lyme Disease
Invisible Disabilities Week, October 20 – 26, is an opportunity to bring awareness, education and support to those with invisible disabilities.
25 October, 2024
Immune Exhaustion At The Core Of New ME/CFS And Long COVID Research
Unlocking the secrets behind immune exhaustion in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and Long COVID patients is at the centre of new Griffith University research. The study, published in JCI Insights, investigated immune exhaustion at the molecular level, and offers a crucial step forward in understanding the overlap and differences between ME/CFS and Long COVID.
25 October, 2024
Study Identifies Gut Microbiome Makeup, Diversity Differences In People With Fibromyalgia
FM patients showed reduced gut microbiome diversity, with significant differences in Shannon and inverse Simpson indices compared to healthy controls. HHV-6B genome sequences were more frequently found in FM patients, accompanied by elevated TNF-α levels, indicating potential biomarker relevance.
24 October, 2024
Made In Vermont: Priya Means Love
Balsam fir and fresh air -- crisp mornings in Ripton set the perfect scene for Priya Narasimhan to create her hair, skin, and body care products. “Every single product I use on my body is something I make,” said Narasimhan, who owns Priya Means Love. While it actually does mean love in Sanskrit, it wasn’t a love of personal products that prompted this business. “About 20 years ago, I got quite sick. So, I have ME/CFS which is a lot like long COVID,” Narasimhan said. Me/CFS stands for myalgic encephalomyelitis, or chronic fatigue syndrome. It can make functioning, even in the most basic of ways, exhausting and sometimes impossible.
24 October, 2024
Reactions: Long COVID R&D
A letter to the editor by Andrea Martell from Gloucester, Ontario, published in the journal American Chemical Society.
24 October, 2024
Challenging The ME Narrative
The time has come to confront the damage caused by flawed science and give ME the recognition it deserves.
23 October, 2024
Ignored, Blamed, And Sometimes Left To Die – A Leading Expert In ME Explains The Origins Of A Modern Medical Scandal
An article by Chris Ponting, Chair of Medical Bioinformatics, University of Edinburgh.
23 October, 2024
A Dualistic View Of Illness Doesn’t Help Those With ME/CFS
A letter to the editor published in The Guardian, by Peter White, Trudie Chalder and Michael Sharpe, and Dr Jake Hollis, responding to an article by George Monbiot.
